The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-15

Ing the nine ~ clubs, ten Of diamonds and
nee 81 hearts i'm the middle Of the pack. 50
that he would know their exact position
and could keep the third finger Of his
right hand beneath them. lie walked
down from the stage and presented the
pack, spread out back upward, to one OF
the audience, requesting the gentleman to
select a card As the stranger reached
for "A card, Hermann moved the nine OF
clubs toward him with his finger, and the
stranger took il. Another person was
made 10 draw the ten of diamonds, and
another the ace Of hearts, in the same
way. They looked at their cards and put
them back into the pack which was then
shufled The Snowman returned 20 the
stage and asked the three persons 10 name
their cards They did so, and "a young
woman, dressed as page, then brought
from behind the scenes sword. The
blade Of the sword had been passed
through three similar cards, which we're
concealed behind the hilt guard. fine
elastic cord was attached to the point OF
the sword. stretched and fastened to the
hilt. The three cards were made fast 10
the elastic The young woman TOOK the
pack and tossed it toward Hermann, who
held the sword in his hand As She dld
so. he thrust the sword toward the fvng
pack and released the elastic from the hilt.
The nine Of clubs, ten Of diamonds and ace
Of hearts at once appeared neaT the point
OF the blade as though pierced through
while flying
Next. Hermann borrowed a handker-
chief from lady and gave it TO "a young
man to hold between his hands he car
ried IA wand under his arm. Taking the
wand out with his right hand, he also
took from little pocket under his arm
small package Of pieces Of linen, which lac
concealed in the palm of his right hand.
He then said the young man in the audi
ence was not holding the handkerchief
right, and took it Rom him 70 show HIM
how. He rubbed the handkerchief be-
tween his hands, palmed it, and gave
back the bits Of cloth in It's stead, The
Young man did not observe the change.
Again Hermann appeared dissatisfied and
told the Young man 10 hold the handler
chief up by corner. The dupe opened
his hands, and the bits Of cloth fell ont.
He picked them up and handed them TO
Hermann, who put them between his own
hands, palmed them, and worked toward
the ends Of his fingers a long strip Of
cloth, which he had concealed in his palm.
Then he shook out the strip. and said it
was composed OF the pieces. This he
rolled up and palmed, and turning his
back TO the audience to 90 back upon the
stage he put up all the bits Of cloth
away under his coat and showed his
hands 10 be empty. Then he picked up u
lemon from which the pulp had been re-
moved, and inside Of which "a laudker
chief had been placed. He cut the lemon
and drew out the handkerchief The
spectators thought it was the one he had
borrowed, and they applaudcd. He put
the handkerchief on plate aud poured
some alcohol upon IT, The pretty young
woman set fire to the alcohol with a
candle Then he eXtinguishcd the liaMc
with a sheet of paper, in which he wrapped
the emhers. He went to a table, rolled
the package with his hand into q litilc we'll
and took up another paper containing an
unscorched piece of cloth lie walked
down toward the audience, pretended to
toss the piece Of cloth 20 a lady With lis
left and palmed il with his right hand,
which he dropped to his waist Wills the
spectators were looking at his left hand
he concealed the piece of cloth in pocket
lust inside the edge of his coat He then
placed his wand under his len arm. and
took from the pocket there the original
borrowed handkerchief, concCaling 30 in
his palm Placing his hand al a gentle
mans ear, he dropped the handkerchief
to the ends Of his fingers, pretended TO
take il out Of the gentleman ear and
handed it 10 the lady.
The performer borrowed tall hat,
turned his back TO the audience, put "a
handkerchief containing three eggs into
the hat as he turned TO the stage, faced
about. and took first the handkerchief and
the eggs from the hat The pretty young
woman. with short wand in her hand,
went down the aisle and borrowed three
rings. Returning to the stage. she slipped
three other rings upon the wand and
handed il to the Snowman, keeping the
three borrowed rings concealed in her
hands. She then went behind the scenes,
and tied the three rings TO ribbons hang
ing from the nccks OF three white doves,
and put the doves into the deep cover of II
stew pan. The cover had "A false bottom
held in place by spring. While she was
doing this Hermann let the three bogus
rings slide from the wand into stew
pan, broke the eggs and dropped them in,
poured in some alcohol and set fire TO it.
The pretty young woman brought out the
cover and Hermann placed it ON the pan.
He then released the false bottom, lifted
the cover, and showed the three doves
sitting on the pan with the borrowed rings
tied to their necks. lie placed one Of the
doves on the barrel of a pistol, aud
fired his weapon. The dove was trained
not to move lie put the dove on table,
covered II with handkerchief dropped
the bird through little trap, gathered
up the handkerchief rs though the dove
were inside, wiggling his finger in the
handkerchief to simulate the fluttering OF
the bird, and then smashed the handker-
chief between his hands very violently.
Ladies in the audience said, "Ohw The
Snowman shook the handkerchief ont by
the corners and showed that il was empty.
Hermann next got a programme, rolled
IL up into the form Of a candy horn,
placing in il secretly "A compressed packet
of cut paper flowers that he obtained from
the pocket under his left arm. Putting
his right hand into the horn, ostensbly 10
shape it better, he removed the pressure
from the packet and the paper flowers
swelled and filed the horn. He she ok